A/C - Hot, Cold or Just Right? Your Experiences?

[RevNeal]

You've been on the ship more than most....have you noticed too warm conditions, especially on lower promenade deck in the cabins. I seem to recall that is where you try to book.

 

On the Volendam I've been in staterooms on the Lower Promenade Deck Twice; both times it was very comfortable ... actually cool enough that I didn't have the thermostat set all the way at the bottom. On the Zaandam I found it just warm enough in the afternoon, while dressing for dinner, that it was uncomfortable. By the time it was time to go to bed, however, it was comfy. Never had trouble sleeping.

 

On the Volendam I tended to find most public rooms comfortable, but I distinctly remember being too hot in the dining room more than once back in Jan 02. That was a southern caribbean cruise, however ... so ... could have just been me reacting to the heat outside.

[marybeach]

Thanks Rev. That makes me feel better. However, Barbados is pretty southern, so I umderstand it could get warm at times when it is sunny.

[WindyCity]

I wonder if the AC problem on many ships is caused by passengers who prop their verandah doors open thus causing the AC to work erratically. I would think, over time, this would really wear down the AC system, yet I notice lots of people put down "bungee cords to prop verandah door open" on their must have cruise list.

[Peggy Sue]

windycity .. interesting thought. Our verandah door locked into an open position when you went outside..we make a point to close it.

 

We were one deck below the lido..the hallways during dining hours were warm, and i think that was due to the lido doors opening and closing all the time as passengers come and go from the pool areas. In the morning, we found the doors to the pools were left in an open position...which we didn't like as the lido become too warm...but late morning, they were closed again and the lido became a bit more comfortable. I'm sure it's very difficult to regulate an area like the lido due to the volume of folks who walk through there all day long, and when they closed the pool deck, it gets rather steamy and hot in there..which carries into the Lido too.

 

Guess we just don't understand why there can be pockets of comfortable a/c on the ship, such as the crows nest, or the card room, but our cabin, and other rooms were warm. The Neptune Lounge was always too warm too.

 

I'm sure regulating A/C is an engineers nightmare on a large ship! But, as a passenger ...we would like to avoid being uncomfortably warm. Sort of a catch 22!

[JohnR49er]

Open doors do create a problem. Enough warm air will cause condensers to freeze up.

They have a simple solution that many hotels use. A switch that cuts off the A/C when balcony doors are open. I can't believe they haven't installed them.

[DFD1]

Seems logical that open doors all over the ship would reduce the effectiveness of the AC.

 

I have no first hand knowledge about the AC system, but I imagine that keeping it balanced when cruising south toward the equator with a hundred open doors at all hours of the day and night would be close to impossible.

 

Sounds like a "keep the door closed" notice might be in order.

[Himself]

I was on the same cruise as Peggy Sue. I found the Crows Nest to be rather chilly. I walk a lot on the lower promenade deck and when I would come in, I noticed the ship was cool. I had no problem with the temperatiure of the Ship. It is funny how some people can be uncomfortable and others will experience the same temperature and say "This is ideal." Perhaps it tells us more about ourselves than it does about anything else. My thoughts anyway.

 

Himself

[Randyk47]

Our experience is limited to the Ryndam (3 cruises) and the Oosterdam. I don't recall any AC problems in any cabin and we've had a selection from suite to mini-suite. Crow's Nest can be cool but we dance there normally so it's been fine.

[Giorgi-one]

Experienced problems on the Z last July similar to many posts on this board. Air conditioning was spotty. There was little or no AC in the dining room on one of the informal nights. Every man in the place immediately took their jackets off as soon as they sat down. We also experienced loss of AC in our cabin several times. I am an engineer and my guess is that the AC system is undersized for hottest summer days.

[Batinfla]

We just returned from the Volendam last week. My husband and I are complete opposites in regard to temperature. I am always hot and he is always cold. I found the temperature to be just right for me most of the time. My husband thought that the dining room was very cold so he ended up wearing his jacket every night to dinner. I was comfortable without a sweater or long sleeves. Card room tended to be too cold for him also. We were able to control the temperature in our cabin on the Lower Promenade deck without any problems.

[mrswynn]

I never noticed balcony doors open when we departed the ship - but that doesn't mean that people didn't leave them open. However, given the rough seas, if anyone would have left their doors open, the rooms would be filled with salt! I think the rough seas compounded a lot of problems on this trip - and being queasy didn't help make anyone comfortable. Glad to hear that perhaps the situation has been fixed and that future passengers will be more comfortable.

[RaffinOrganGrinders]

Just off the ms Westerdam, 17-day repositioning cruise from Barcelona.

 

We were in SS category suite 6094. The only time the room was too cool was when I turned the air too far south. The new air system seems to be very responsive.

 

Several evenings in the upper dinning room we were too hot upon arrival for dinner. The Engineering Dept. seemed to be very responsive when called by the staff and the room cooled down within a few minutes.

 

The Vista lounge was either way too cool in the day and much too hot at night. The casino was always cool.

 

George